On Thursday, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), called on its members to lay down arms and dissolve the group. If his followers heed that call, it would mark ...

(Reuters) - The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's ...

(Reuters) – The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire today, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s ...

On the streets of Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, some of those who had lost relatives fighting on the side of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...

Turkey's Kurds Wary of Path to Peace After PKK Declares Ceasefire DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AP) — A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and ...

The PKK's executive committee said a "new historic process is beginning in Kurdistan and the Middle East with the call in question". However, it insisted that before heeding his call to dissolve ...